Edge protection for easy opening end closure
AssigneeThe Continental Group, Inc.
InventorsObert M. Ostrem, Donald F. Kulikowski, Sam C. Pulciani
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Abstract
An easy opening end closure is formed with annular, double folded band adjacent the chuck wall. A weakening line defining a removable panel portion is formed in the center segment of the fold so that the folded edges of the single band provide smooth protective surfaces on both the ledge and the removable panel portion. This disclosure also relates to a method for forming the above described easy-opening end closure wherein the weakening line is formed in the end panel prior to complete formation of the folded band.
Claims8
A method of producing an end closure for a can or similar container comprising the steps of:
- providing a shell having a generally flat end panel;
- forming in said end panel at least two axially offset sections joined by a connecting portion;
- forming a score line in said connecting portion;
- upsetting said connecting portion so that at least a part thereof assumes a substantially perpendicular position relative to said two sections and part of it forms an extension of one of said sections, and then collapsing the remaining part of said connecting portion between said sections, said score being shifted radially inwardly during said upsetting of said connecting portion to effect a stress on the score residual primarily in compression.
A method of producing an end closure for a can or similar container, comprising the steps of:
- forming a shell having an upstanding chuck wall about a panel;
- drawing a portion of said panel into a substantially hat-shaped section having a portion transverse to said chuck wall and a connecting portion connecting said transverse portion and the remainder of said panel;
- forming a score line in said connecting portion, with a predetermined score residual and then
- reforming said connecting portion to form a double-folded annular band about said transverse portion, said score line being displaced radially inwardly from its original position during said reforming of said connecting portion to effect a stress on said score residual primarily in compression.
A method of producing a container end closure comprising the steps of:
- form a shell having an axially extending chuck wall about a panel;
- drawing from a portion of said panel a section having a transverse portion, a connecting portion including radially offset portions, and an intervening ledge substantially parallel to the remaining portion of said panel and said transverse portion;
- forming a score line in said ledge with a predetermined score residual;
- upsetting said connecting portion to remove said ledge and dispose at least a portion of said connecting portion substantially perpendicular to said remaining portion of said panel and to said transverse portion, said upsetting of said connecting portion displacing said score line radially inwardly from its original position to stress the score residual primarily in compression;
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- displacing said transverse portion toward said remaining portion of said panel, thereby collapsing said perpendicular portion of said connecting portion between said remaining portion of said panel and said transverse portion.
A method of producing a container end closure comprising the steps of:
- providing an end panel including at least two axially offset sections joined by a connecting portion;
- forming a score line in said connecting portion with a predetermined score residual;
- upsetting said connecting portion to a position substantially perpendicular to said axially offset portions, said score line being displaced radially inwardly during said upsetting to impress a compressive stress on the score residual;
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- advancing said sections toward each other, whereby said connecting portion is folded therebetween to form an annular S-shaped band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.